john kerry's confirmation of secretary of state. joining me is joy reed. thank you for being here at this ungodly hour. >> good morning. >> let's start with kerry's vacant senate seat. >> democrats are hoping that the former congressman will be the man. he's well known to the party. popular as far as the party goes. and more importantly, democrats are going to do everything in their power to keep scott brown out of that seat. >> that's what i wanted to talk about next. how are they going to do that? a lot of people are speculating it's his chance to make a political comeback. >> in politics, one of the most important things is name i.d. he's been a senator. and actually a relatively popular one. scott brown did more damage to himself running for office than he ever did in office. when he was in office, he made some unpop r lar votes but his approval rating wasn't that bad. he was recently in the game and does have the name recognition. on the other hand, he did damage to himself running elizabeth warren. he came across in a negative way. the last impressio